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Few officials will bether t henselves regarding the questionable
are of the ball when they are paid to wateh the action of the players for
fouls and violations on the floors Certainly this distraction of the officials’

eyes amy from the playing floor cannot improve the ealibre of this already

| diffieult game to officiate.

Ighallenge the NCAA basketball rules committee or the National
Coaches Aagootation to show one substantial research project accomplished
in the past ten yoarss :

Freeze the rules for a threeeyear peried with the intention of
formulating a researeh committee for intelligent rules study and researches
Instead of the NCAA eonfiseating the major portion ef the basketball gate
receipts for a “hobby pet", insist that a Basketball Foundation be formed
with research by competent full-time meni te study the vital needs of the

THE NEW INJURY RULE PERMITTING THE OFFICIAL TO CALL TIME OUT
FOR INJURY FOR EITHER SIDE

the new injury rule is an old rule in a new garbe there ws a
time when wily and unprimeipled coaches taught their pleyers to fake sadurtee
when the opponents had the ball in a favorable seoring position, The rule
had to be ehanged to the one just atolished. Sinee officials eamot rule on.
intent, doubtless this new rule will plague the officials and rule makers
before many monthse |

UNLIMITED SUBSTITUTION RULE
Again the basketball rules committee has been fast asleep on the
free substitution rules Football has had it in operation for several years
using double the number of players with splendid success, This long vires
rule will take the curse off of the so~salled oashin: from the benehs
With players substituting freely the master minding of the coach is reduced
to a minimum.